Practical Mathematical Cryptography

This book provides a clear and accessible introduction to practical mathematical cryptography. The presentation provides a unified and consistent treatment of the most important cryptographic topics, from the initial design and analysis of basic cryptographic schemes towards applications.

Kristian Gjosteen is a professor of mathematical cryptography at NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Gjosteen has worked on cryptographic voting, electronic identification, privacy, public key encryption and key exchange.